US-Iran Nuke Talks Resumed
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As "Israeli" Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu addressed the US Congress, US President Barack Obama reacted scathingly to Bib's speech that castigated his policy towards Iran.
The speech was classic Netanyahu. Bibi declared that Iran was gobbling up Middle East states - a reference to its influence in Syria, Lebanon, Iraq and Yemen.
The speech was a direct intervention in American politics. Prime Minister Netanyahu wanted the Congress to do all it can to block an agreement with Iran, if one was made.
However, Iran's foreign minister and the US secretary of state had kicked off a fresh round of talks on Tehran's nuclear program in the Swiss city of Montreux.
The fourth round of negotiations between Iran's Mohammad Javad Zarif and John Kerry of the US started.
This round of talks was also attended by Head of the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran Ali Akbar Salehi, US Energy Secretary Ernest Moniz as well as Iranian Deputy Foreign Ministers Abbas Araqchi and Majid Takht-e Ravanchi.
In addition to the presence of the US Under-Secretary of State for Political Affairs Wendy Sherman, and European Union Deputy foreign policy chief Helga Schmid.
Ahead of the start of the talks, Salehi and Moniz sat down for a meeting to discuss technical issues, which lasted for 1.5 hours.
Iranian and US delegations wrapped up their previous round of talks over Iran's nuclear program in Montreux. The two-day negotiations were headed by the Iranian foreign minister and his US counterpart.
Representatives from Iran and the United States had also held three rounds of intense negotiations in the Swiss city of Geneva to bridge their differences ahead of a July 1 deadline for Iran and the P5+1 to reach a comprehensive nuclear deal.
Iran and the P5+1 group - Russia, China, France, Britain, the US and Germany - had already missed two self-designated deadlines for inking a final agreement since they signed an interim one in November 2013.
Henceforth, Iran and world powers are trying to put a framework agreement in place by the end of the month, despite the misgivings of "Israel", US congressional Republicans and some Gulf Arab states. Such an accord would be followed by a comprehensive agreement to be completed by the end of June.
Source: News Agencies, Edited by website team
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